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ABA Executive Director Jack L. Rives updates the association on the progress of ABAction!, the ABA's plan to increase membership and non-dues revenue, during the ABA House of Delegates session on Feb 10 in Chicago.

The American Bar Association House of Delegates approves a resolution to adopt the black letter ABA Model Business and Supplier Policies on Labor Trafficking and Child Labor during its Midyear Meeting session on Feb. 10 in Chicago.

ABA President-Elect Nominee Paulette Brown says she will continue the work of the Legal Access Job Corps, and acknowledges the significance of her soon-to-be position as the first African American woman to lead the association, during the ABA House of Delegates session on Feb. 8 in Chicago.

Although American Bar Association President James R. Silkenat wished he could talk about 100 legal issues in his speech Monday to the ABA House of Delegates, he stuck with three topics close to his heart: the access-to-justice paradox, voting rights and gun violence.

The American Bar Association adopted policies related to the right to food, human trafficking and courthouse security, among other topics, when the association’s policymaking body convened during the 2014 ABA Midyear Meeting in Chicago.

CHICAGO, Feb. 10, 2014 — The American Bar Association adopted policies related to the right to food, human trafficking and courthouse security, among other topics, when the association’s policymaking body convened during the 2014 ABA Midyear Meeting in Chicago.

CHICAGO, Feb. 10, 2014 — Paulette Brown, a labor and employment law partner and chief diversity officer with the Morristown, N.J., office of Edwards Wildman Palmer, was nominated today as the American Bar Association's president-elect for 2014-15. If elected by the ABA House of Delegates in August, she will become, in August 2015, the first woman of color and third African-American to serve as ABA president.

Twenty-four immigrants from countries ranging from Mexico to the Ukraine were welcomed as new U.S. citizens by the American Bar Association during a naturalization ceremony at the ABA House of Delegates session on Feb. 10 in Chicago.

ABA President James R. Silkenat highlights the work of the Legal Access Job Corps and calls for continued efforts to address voting rights and gun violence issues during the ABA House of Delegates session on Feb. 8 in Chicago.